Middlefield, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercury Plastics
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercury Plastics in Middlefield, OH 44062 resulted in days away from work. Employee was extrusion Operator in tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercury Plastics
- Parent company
- Masco
- Street
- 15760 Madison Rd.
- City
- Middlefield
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44062
- On-site location
- Extrusion
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 23
Before the incident
Employee was trying to remove burned and dried plastic resin from the breaker plate of an extruder.
What happened
When employee loosened breaker plate back pressure in extruder released violently and sprayed employees upper body with molten plastic.
Injury or illness
Multiple 1st and 2nd degree burns on the forearms and face.
Object or substance involved
Molten plastic.
Summary line
Burns on face and arms from hot liquified plastic.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extrusion Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326121 — Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 280
- Total hours worked
- 575410
- EIN
- 822859487
- Establishment ID
- 910101
- Employer case #
- 230324
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:20:00.000
- Submitted
- 19JAN24:14:13:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.